In spite of Master Thomas, and, I may say, in spite of myself, also, I continued to think, and worse still, to think almost exclusively about the injustice and wickedness of slavery.
From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on his persistent thoughts about the inherent wrongness of slavery despite his master's control and his own initial resignation.
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